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Joint nest use by two paper wasp species

Utilisation simultanée du même nid par deux espèces de Guêpes du genre Polistes

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Two nests ofPolistes paper wasps were occupied simultaneously by two species. One of the nests had been founded by a third species. Joint nest use has not been previously observed inPolistes, and it is not accommodated by genetic theories of hymenopteran social evolution.

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Nous avons trouvé 2 nids de Guèpes du genrePolistes qui étaient occupés par des individus appartenant à 2 espèces différentes. L'un des nids avait été fondé par une 3e espèce. L'utilisation simultanée du même nid par des espèces différentes n'a pas encore été observée et n'a pas été prise en considération par les théories génétiques de l'évolution des sociétés d'Hyménoptères.

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Reference

  • Gamboa (G. J.).— Division of labor and subordinate longevity in foundress associations of the paper wasp,Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).J. Kans. Ent. Soc. (in press).

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Missouri Saint Louis, 63121, Saint Louis, Missouri, (U.S.A.)

    James H. Hunt

  2. Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, Kansas, (U.S.A.)

    George J. Gamboa

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Hunt, J.H., Gamboa, G.J. Joint nest use by two paper wasp species. Ins. Soc 25, 373–374 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02224301

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